Newly at the head of creation for Chanel’s makeup division, Lucia Pica is unveiling a collection that’s an homage to the Mademoiselle’s original look. “Everything is but a story of icons,” declares Lucia Pica. Coco, who never went out without her lipstick, is the inspiration for a composition made of paradoxes, classicism, and harmony. Imagined...
“Chanel is turning a new page in their story. A new name. A new flask. A new perfume. A new territory of expression and inspiration.” This is how Chanel introduced their brand new perfume weeks earlier. Gabrielle, the new scent from the house on rue Cambon, is a sunny perfume imagined by Olivier Polge. A bouquet...
Serge Lutens, what made you want to create Ambre sultan? The origin of its creation is lost in time, but let’s just say that it was during my first trip to Morocco, around March 1968, that I found a box containing an interesting, alluring wax in Marrakech’s souks. Soon, this scent became the very odor of...
In 1992, inside Yves Saint Laurent’s cosmetic laboratories, Terry de Gunzburg, then creative director for the brand, was working on a never-before-seen formula, capable of diffusing light on the face and blurring its imperfections. While most products on the market were contained in heavy and cumbersome packaging, Touche Eclat hit the shelves more sophisticated than ever, enclosed...
His Ambre sultan, “Arab and not Oriental”, to quote its creator, marked the grand opening. Iconoclastic and dreamy, it is outside of the norms. Lutens positions himself through his perfume: “You would smell a perfume, it was a soup. You either smelled the sexy woman or the woman who keeps records. For men, it was...
“It’s hard to imagine how much savoir-faire and precision a perfume requires. The creative process is so sweeping, so demanding, that I feel like I’m just as much a Perfumer as a Couturier.” In 1947, Christian Dior turned the rules of silhouettes upside down with his first couture collection. In that same year, the clothing...
The first traces of lipstick appeared in ancient Egypt, in the days of the pharaohs. To make her lips more pronounced, Cleopatra used henna and crushed carmen. Starting in the 9th century, geishas of Japan would redraw their lips in a bright red with the natural pigment of a plant (beni-bana). In the 16th century,...
An olfactory tale, the perfume Gabrielle bears within it the boldness of a name that’s become a household one – Coco Chanel. She was a strong and visionary woman, determined to bend the exaggerated conventions of beauty. Non-conformist in her day, Chanel built her myth on a passion, giving the world a style that was...
In 1992, inside Yves Saint Laurent’s cosmetic laboratories, Terry de Gunzburg, then creative director for the brand, was working on a never-before-seen formula, capable of diffusing light on the face and blurring its imperfections. While most products on the market were contained in heavy and cumbersome packaging, Touche Eclat hit the shelves more sophisticated than...
Dior is celebrating its 70 years and, in addition to a double exhibit taking place at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the label is also honoring another section of its creative universe: makeup and color. Today with the exceptional talent of Peter Philips at the helm, there’s not a single runway from the...
